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ceàrr

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See also: cearr

Scottish Gaelic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish cerr (crooked, maimed), from Proto-Celtic *kersos (maimed), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kersos, from a stem *(s)ker- (to cut).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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ceàrr (comparative ceàrra or ciorra)

  1. wrong, incorrect, immoral, astray
  2. left

Synonyms

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Antonyms

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Derived terms

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Adverb

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ceàrr (comparative ceàrra or ciorra)

  1. wrong

Usage notes

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  • Used with the preposition air:
    Dè tha ceàrr orra? - What's wrong with them?

Mutation

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Mutation of ceàrr
radical lenition
ceàrr cheàrr

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “ceàrr”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
  2. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  3. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[2], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  4. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

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